Calculator.



P. F. W. C, KRIPPENDORF CALCULATOR.

APPHCATION FILED MAR- 7, 1908- E'ENEWED OCT. 18,1909- 1 166 528 Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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P. F. W. C. KRiPPENDORF.

CALCULATOR. APPLIL'ATION man MAH- 1.

1908- RENEWED OCT. 18,1909.

Patented Jan. 4-, 1916.

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Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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APPLICATION FILED MAPL- P. F. w. c. KRIPPENDORF.

'CALCULATOR. APPLlCATiON FILED MAR. 7, I908 RENEWED OCT. I8; 1909.

1,166,528. Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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M WM, 35 w w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL F. W. C. KRIPPENDORF, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO xmrrnnnonr KALCULATOR COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL F. W. C. KRIP-- tain new and useful Improvements in Cal-' culators, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to calculating aplo paratus, and is particularl intended. to provide an apparatus by means of which the area of material required to cut a number of shapes of various sizes may be readily and accurately determined. In the manufacture of shoes, for example, a certain area of leatheris allowed by the manufacturer from which a given number of shoe parts of given sizes must be out, which area depends not only upon the number, character and size of the parts, but also upon the kind of leather to be used, the style of the shoe and the manufacturefs allowance for wastage governed by the cost of the shoe. It can readily be seen that it is highly important, from the manufacturers standpoint, that the amount of leather allowed for the cut ting of the shoe parts shall be as close to the amount actually required for this purpose as is practicable, and my invention provides an apparatus by means of which. this amount an be ascertained with great accuracy, my apparatus being so constructed that a clerk ofllttle skill can operate it very quickly and easily, and without danger of making mistakes.-

in constructing an apparatus in accordance with my invention 1 employ a registering device adapted to indicate the result of the operation of the apparatus,and I combine therewith an arrangement embodying in one way or another a number of individual measurements based upon. units which are proportional respectively to the different parts with respect to which the compotation is to be performed, the construction being such. that in the determination ofa total by the registering; device each i 'vidual measurement utilized in the-opera tion has an eilect proportional to the corresponding unit, or to some multiplethereof. In the apparatus hereinafter described these unit measurements are embodied respectively in a. series of what may be termed Specification of Letters Patent.

that for shoes of any given style and length,

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

Application filed March 7, 1908, Serial No. 419,650. Renewed October 18,1909. Serial No. 523,298.-

' indicators, since they indicate by subdiv1- sions formed, thereon the corresponding units and multiples'thereof, which indicators are successively operative to control the operation of the registering device in deter- I mining the requiredtotah 1 The principles, involved in the construction and operation'of an apparatus embodying my invention can best be made clear by the subjoined description of a preferred form of my apparatus adapted to be used in the determination of the amount. of leather '65 required for cutting shoes, said apparatus being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l. is a view in .front elevation of the complete apparatus; Fig. 2 is'a top plan view of the indicators and connected partshereinafter described; Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the parts located below the parts shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4t is a vertical crosssection-of theparts shown in Fig. 8, taken through the axis of the shaft D", omitting the base A and showing said shaft in full. Fig. 5" is a diagrammatic view. Fig. 6 is a top plan view. of a portion of another form of indicator disks. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the construction shown'in Fig. 6.- i

Fig. 8 is a detail viewshowing one form ofthe locking levers hereinafter described.- Fig. 9 is a. diagrammatic view.- Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic view of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating more fully the peripheral graduations on the indicators. i p

it has been found as a practical matter the actual areas of any similar shoe parts, ditl'eri'ng only in width, are substantially proportionalto-the width of the shoes. For example, if in a given style the Width of a shoe of B-width bears to the width of a shoe of C-width the ratio of 36 then the area of the vamp of the B width shoe will bear substantially the same ratio to the area'- of the vamp of a C-width shoe. If, theree, for any given style of shoe and for any Y'all. kind of shoe parts, a series of numbers he obtained, based upon the actual measurement of the partsin question and proporroe .tional to the areas of said parts for all the dilferent Y engths of shoes, the ratios between said nunu ere willbe substantially the same' for all widths of shoes. Advantage can be taken of this principle, in constructing an apparatus for the purpose of determining the amount of leather required for cutting shoe parts, by so constructing zhe series of indicators above referred to (eat they will represent in their operative eii'ect the aforesaid ratios above dis issed. In the apparatus herein described these indicators are shown as circular disks located one above another and mounted for angular movement upon a common axis which is central to all the disks, the units of angular movement of the several disks being so indicated or determined as to have the aforesaid ratios to one another. Two ways are shown whereby this series of ratios may be embodied in the disks. in the preferred form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 .the disks have equal peripheral graduations and their diameters vary according to the given ratios, while in the construction indicated in Figs. 6 and 7 the disks of the same'diameter and their peripheral graduations vary. With either an rangement, if the zero points on the peripheral graduations of the series of" disks be set in line andthe disks corresponding to the lengths of the shoe parts included in the calculation be moved cumulatively, each. a number of units equal to the number of shoe parts of the corresponding length, the total angle" extending between the original zero line and the zero point of an indicator which has all the cumulative movements imparted to it will be ,the sum of all the unit angles, one for each shoe part, and will vary according to the number of these parts and also according to-the lengths-"of the same. If, now, this total angle be measured and the measurement be multiplied by suitable constant varying according to (l) the kind of leather to be used, (2) the allowance to be made for wastage, (3) the particular part or group of parts to be out, and (4) the width of the parts, the result will be the total amount of leather to be allowed for cutting the parts in question. The operation of multiplying by a constant of this nature is also performed by the apparatus herein described, as will presently appear.

The preferred form of the apparatus is constructed as follows: A suitable base A, shown. as a rectangular table or board, is provided, and a vertical post B is mounted thereon. The rotary indicators are herein shown as comparatively thin disks made out of wood or other suitable material, one for each length of shoe and varying in diameter according to the'fixed ratios existing between shoe parts differing only in length. In the drawings, for purposes of illustration, fifteen of these indicators C are shown, corresponding to the lengths and half lengths from sizes 1 to 8 inclusive; They are centrally bored and mounted to arm R.

turn on the post B. The lowermost indicator C has fastened to and movable with it a base-plate C, hereinafter termed the acwheels D, D, D. The wheel D will be de-.

scribed later. The wheels D are mounted in any suitable manner upon the base A, as shown, to turn freely, and their planes of movement are tangential to the circles passing through their points of contact with said plate C. At its upper end the post B is provided with a radially-projecting fixed A locking device E is provided by which the uppermost indicator C may be locked against rotation to this arm, and each indicator (except the bottom one) is provided with a similar locking device whereby the indicator next below it may be locked to itagainst rotation. These locking devices E. are'shown' in detail in their preferred form in Fig. 8, each locking device being formed as a lever fulcrumed on a vertical pin E and provided with a spring E by which the handle end is pressed outwardly and the locking end thrown inwardly. The locking end is bent downwardly to engage the indicator'next below the indicator carrying the fulcrum point, and is provided with a locking pin E beveled off as shown. Each indicator at each peripheral graduation is bored or drilled out as at C to receive the corresponding locking pin E and is provided, adjacent to its zero graduation, with a stop C It will thus be seen that when the indicators are in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the locking levers engaging the same at their Zero points, if any lever be depressed and the indicator thereby unlocked be moved around to the left, all the indicaters below or following it will move at the same time and to the same extent, so that the movements of the plate C, resulting from successive movements of the indicators, are always cumulative. The cumulative movements of all indicators are therefore determined or totalized by the plate C. It will also be seen that when the indicators, or any of them, have been displaced to the left from the position shown in Fig.

1, they may all be returned to the zero position by grasping the plate 0 and turning it in the reverse direction, whereupon the beveled edges of the locking pins E of the levers E will slide one after the other out of the holesC and the disks will turn until the locking pins E come in contact with the stops C In thisway the machine may be readily cleared,'preparat.ory to makingv a new computat on, bymere'lyturning the actuator reversely as far as it will go. This feature of the invention is of importance in that it tends to eliminate the danger of starting with an initial error 'which would be carried through the computation and render the result inaccurate.

The total angular movement of the actuator C as determinedby the indicators is measured by the wheel D, which is rotated.

, by frictional contact with said actuator, and

is preferably so mounted on the shaft D asft o be slightly adjustable lengthwise thereof, being held in position thereon by the check-nuts D The shaft D is mounted in bearings D", projecting'upwardly from a plate D The forward end of the shaft D operates a reading dial D. Since the measurement by the wheel D of the angular movement above referred to .will evidently be'affected by the distance of said wheel from the axis of the post B, it is possible by properly determining said distance to introduce into'said measurement, as a factor thereof, a suitable constant which is dependent in any given instance upon one or more of such elements as the particular width of shoe, the'particular part or group of parts to be cut, the kind of leather to be used, and the allowance for wastage, so that when the wheel D is set in the proper position and the apparatus is operpreviously described the dial D ated as will show on its face at the end of the operation the amount or area of leather required the shaft would move over a for cutting the given parts.

To secure the result just set forth only necessary to move the shaft D it is with 'its wheel D radially with respect to the post B, but it is found that for an apparatus of practical size this movement would be so slight that if it should be indicated directly upon a scale having the desired number of graduations, these graduations would be undesirably close together. The reason for this will perhaps best appear from the illustration in Fig. 5. The three circles therein marked 1, and 8 respectively represent the peripheries of the indicator disks for the corresponding sizes. The total angle to be measured, extending from the line to the line Y, is shown for purposes of illustration made up of three unit angles caused by the movement of the size No. 4%; disk, two unit angles caused by the movement of the size No. 1 disk, and two unit angles caused by the movement of the size.

No. 8 disk. If this total angle between X and Y isto be measured \by the wheel D. and the shaft D were moveid lengthwise to piece the wheel D at the e from the post B,

'ing the shaft D YW, be taken as one end of a link these lines a curve W X adapted to move sired distance the front or outer end of scale indicated by the marks 100*, 200, 300, but it is found however, the shaft D be swung about the post 13 while it is moved-radially thereof, a scale of any desired length may be secur-ed, such as is indicated at 100", 200", 300 It is desirable, therefore, to provide an arrangement for moving the plate D with the shaft D and wheel D supported thereon about the post B, while maintainradial thereof, and a simple way of securing this result with sufficient accuracy for all practical purposes has been arrived at as follows. Referring to Fig. 9, where the center of the post B is represented, let any suitable point, as F, (Fig 3) attached to the rear or inner end of the plate D The path of the pivotal connection of the link F and the plate D may then be indicated by the circle W", and lines drawn outwardly from the circle V and radial tothe point B- will indicate the positions which the shaft D will take. If the same length (representing the length of the shaft D") be now measured off on each of it will be found that a section of this curve extending between the points WV-W, is very nearly circular, with its center located atVV Hence it follows that if a link representing in length the distance from the "point to the arc lV*-W* be pivoted at the point V in Fig. 3 and to the forward end of the plate D then said plate D when moved through an are representing the arc V -JV will always remain substantially radial to the post The link G,Fig. 3, is accordingly pivoted at the/point W to the base A, and at the point WV to the plate I) I The link G carries at its forward end a spring-pressed pin G which is adapted to move over a graduated scale H, the graduations being shown as a series of small holes into which drop. Since this pin moves in a slightly different path from that of the pivotal point the graduations of the'scale are correspondingly modified, as indicated at 100. 200 300 in Fig. 5. v

The scale plate H is slotted as at H and longitudinally to a certain extent on pinsH the means for effecting this movement'being shown. as a'lever K provided with a spring-pressed pin K adapted to enter any one of a number of holes in a small scale K by means of which the extent of longitudinal movement-of the scale H may be indicated. The purpose served by this arrangementwill hereinafter appear. suitable device forraising theindicator disks to relieve the wheel D of their weight and allow of its being. set in any desired powill be plotted, and

the pin G is adapted to sitionvis provided, and is herein shown as ranged as to be opposite a pointer hi, .ar-'

ranged at any suitable point, as on a support M, when the indicator disks. are set at zero.

In using the apparatus above described it is convenient first to make out a table showing the amount of leather which it is desired to allow for the cutting of the parts of one pair of shoes of agiven size which is taken as a standard such, for example. as the standard size 4% C, which amount will include the allowance for wastage and will be separately indicated for each different part or group of parts to be cut, and also for the different styles of shoe and the kindsof leather to be used. Such a table is based on the actual area of the shoe parts as determined by careful measurement and upon the manufacturers experience and practice with reference to the allowance for wastage, and may-he in the following; forin:

' n Patent leather.

Vamp, Entire Vamp,i Vamp, To s. tip, a 6 ti J, p 4 shoe to Shoe foiv.

Cir. fox polish 1. l 1. 15 2. 1.15 l 2. 40 .1. (l0 Cit. 10X button. l. 50 1.15 2. 1.15 l 2. 55 1. O0 Cir. fox blucher 1. 40 1.15 2 1.15 1 2. 40 1.00 310 polish l. 25 1. 2O 2 l. i 2. -10 1. 00 fox bluchcr 1. 35 1. 2 1,15 2. 4O 1. 00 low bluclier 1 15 1. 2O 2. 1.15 l 2. 1. 00 Str. fox blucher 1. 25 1. 25 2. 1. l 2. 1. 10 so. fox low blucher i. 1.10 1. 25 2. l. '20 l 2. 20 1.10 Whole quarter polish. 1. 8O 2. 2. 45 .65 Whole quarter button. 1.90 .70 2, 2. so .05

ciated parts. To this end the scale His s0 arranged and the parts are so proportioned that when said scale'is adjustedby setting the pin Kf inthe hole corresponding to the width C on the scale K nd the shaft- D is set with the pin G in, any given hole on the scale H the wheel D, in traveling over the unit angle measured by a rotary movement the post width B as messes of the indicator disk for the length 4:}- through' one peripheral graduation, will cause the dial 1) to read the same as the graduation at which the pin G is set on'the scale H, the graduations on said scale H being respectively nrunbered to represent the. amount (in. feet) of leather to'be allowed for cutting one pair of shoes or shoe parts of the standard size i3; C, according to style of the shoe, the nature of the parts and the kind of leather to be used, as Set forth in the foregoing table, The holes in the scale K are respectively lettered to indicatethe sev-- eral widths of shoes from AA to EE, and are so located that the corresponding adjustments of the scale H will vary the measuring effect of the wheel D proportionately to the respective widths, as compared with the standard width C, the ratios embodied in the scale 1i being practically 'the same for all widths, as previously stated.

As thus constructed, the operation of the apparatus can best be made clear from a concrete example, as follows :Let it be assumed that it is desired to cut the vamp, tip and fox of calf leather for twelve pairs of straight foxing, blucher shoes, and that the shoes are to be of width B, one pair of the size one pair of the size 3, one pair of the size two pairsyof the size l, two pairs of the size two pairs of the size 1 pair of the siv 1 pair of the size 6, and one pair of the size 7. The operator on glancing at the table of allowances will find the number 1.20 to be the allowance for the vamp, tip and fox of a pair of straight fox. blucher $1065 of calf leather. of the size 41:10. He thereupon raises the cam M so as to remove the weight of the indicator disks {1 from the wheel D, and then sets the pin K at the graduation B, indicating the rega -ed width on the scale K. The latter operat on moves the wheel D slightly nearer which takes care of the decrease ity of leather required for the npared with that required for the standaz. width C. He next sets the pin G at the graduation 1.20 on the scale He then sees that the-indicators C are all set at zeroi whish secured bys'iinpl tating the plate C, as already )rth, until the pins E make contact with the stops C He then turns the shaft D if necessary, in" l the dial D .is set at Zero. He then depresses the cam M so that the in the f uit 'weight of the indicator disks is supported by the wheels 1 1) He then depresses theappropriate levers E in order, beginning preferably with the lowermost, and causes the indicator disks to move respective y over a number of graduations equal to the number of pairs of thecorresponding sizes. in the concrete example given he first depresses the lever E marked 2. and grasping the base plate C moves it to the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, until the pin E on said lever drops .into the peripheral graduation marked 1. He then depresses the lever E marked 3 and does the same thing, but it-will be noted that in moving the plate C this time the disk previously moved travels along with. the indicator disk for the size 3.. Continuing the operation, he moves the disk for the size 3% one graduation, the disks for the sizes l, and 5 two graduations each, and the disks for the sizes 5%, 6 and 7 one graduation each. Upon completing the opera-- tion the dial D will show thetotal number of feet required to cut the parts in question. Meanwhile, the pointer M, indicating the s)iral graduations on'the edge of the plate serves as a check upon the operator and prevents mistake being made by omitting in the operation to include one or more pairs employment of circular rotary indicators on of the various other mechanical details herein specifically described.

I claim as my'invention:

1. A calculating apparatus comprising a registering device adapted to indicate a calculated total area, in combination with actuating means therefor, and a plurality ,of

indicators each movable by one, or progressively by more than one, unit of movement for operating the actuating means, the units of movement of the several indicatorsbeing difierent and respectively proportional to the difierent parts subjectedto calculation. 2. A calculating apparatus comprising a registering device adapted to indicate a calculated total, in combination with an-actuatmg means therefor, a plurality of indicators each movable by units of movement for opcrating said actuating means, the units of movement of the several indicators being respectively proportional to the different parts subjected to calculation, and adjustable connections between said actuating means and the registering device to varythe effect of the former upon the registeringdevice.

3; A" calculating apparatus comprising separate measurement indlcating devices each bearing a. predetermined relation to the corresponding part subjected to calcu- .les

lation and being progressively movable in accordance with the number of said parts,

means for totalizing'the movement-sot all the indicating devices, means'for multiplying the result by a constant, and a register-.

ing device forindicating the final product; 4. A calculating apparatus comprising,'in

combination, means movable toexpress mechanically the total of a.- number ofmeasurements based upon units which are pro portional respectively to the different parts subjected to calculation, means for multiplying said total by a constant, means for'varying said constant, and a registering device adapted to indicate the final result.

5. A. calculating apparatus comprising a registering device, an actuator for said device, and a series of indicators each corre sponding to a part to be subjected to 63.1011

lation and each being movableprogressively through a plurality of unit move'ments dependent in number upon the number of said corresponding parts for determining mechanically the extent of movementsof the actuator. I

6. A calculating apparatus comprising a registering device, an actuator for said device, a series of indicators each corresponding to a part to be subjected to calculation and each being .movable' progressively pendent in number upon the number of said 1 through a plurality of unit movements decorresponding parts for determining me--'- chanically the extent of movements of the actuator, and adjustable connections be tween the actuator and the'registering device whereby the efiect of the actuator on the registering device may be varied.

7. A calculating apparatus comprising a registering device adapted to indicate the.

sum of a series of movements successively imparted to 1t, and a series of graded indicators all operatively connected to the registering device and each being 'movable'progressively through one or more steps of predetermined extent, said steps being permanently measured upon each indicator and bearing a predetermined proportion to each other.

8. A calculating apparatus comprising a series of movable indicators, and means for determining the cumulative result of the operations of one or more of said indicators, 1

said indicators being uniformly graduated and of uniformly varying sizes and being constructed and arranged to impart to said means by their operation results differing by predetermined proportions.

Q. A calculating apparatus including .a ser es of indicators each-movable in multr ples of predetermined and: different units of n movement and provided with a stop mechan sm to limit is movement in accordance with said unit or multiples thereof.

10. A calculating apparatus comprising,

in combination, a series of angularly-movable indicators mountedon a common axis,

each indicator being provided With graduations representing multiples of one of a series of units bearing a predetermined proportion'to one another, locking devices to hold said indicators in their initial positions, and means for registering the sum of a series of movements cumulatively imparted to said indicators.

11. A calculating apparatus comprising,

in combination, a registering device, an .ac--

actuator and registering device, a scale indicating the adjustment of said connections, and means for adjusting said scale.

13. A calculating apparatus comprising. in combination, a rotary plate, a series of indicators adapted to govern successive movements thereof in one direction, a disk having peripheral contact with said plate and mounted to rotate on an axis extending radially with respect to the axis of said plate, and a registering device operated by said disk.

14. A calculating apparatus comprising, in combination, a rotary plate, a series of indicators adapted to govern mccessive movements thereof in one direction, a disk having peripheral contact with said plate and mounted. to rotate on an axis extending radially with respect to the axis of said. plate, means for adjusting said. disk toward and away from the latter axis, and a registering device operated by said disk.

' 15. A calculating apparatus comprising, in combination, a rotary plate, a series of indicators adapted to govern successive movements thereof in one direction, a disk having peripheral contact with said plate and mounted to rotate on an axis extending radially with respect to the axis of said plate, means for adjusting'said disk toward and aivay'from the latter axis, a graduated scale to indicate different positions of the disk, and a registering device operated by said d1sk. q

16. A calculating apparatus comprising,

in combination, a rotary plate, a series of indicators adapted to govern successive movements thereof in one direction, a disk having peripheral contact with said plate and mounted to rotate on an axis extending radially With respect to the axis of said messes plate, means for adjusting said disk toward and away from the latter axis, a graduated scale to indicate different positions of the disk, means for adjusting said scale, and a registering device operated by said disk.

17 A calculating apparatus comprising,

in combination, a rotary plate, a seies of indicators adapted to govern successive movements thereof in one direction, a disk having peripheral contact with said plate and mounted to rotate on an axis extending radially With respect to the axis of said plate, a registering device operated. by said disk, means for adjusting the disk toward and avvay from the axis of the plate, graduated scaleto indicate diiierent positions of the disk, means for adjusting said scale, and a supplementary scale on whichthe adjustments of the first-mentioned scale and mounted to rotate on an axis extending radially with respect to the axis of the plate, a registering device operated by said disk, and means for relieving the disk of the Weight of the plate.

20. A calculating apparatus comprising, in combination, a rotary plate, a series of indicators for determining the movements thereof in one direction, three disks mounted to rotate on axes extending radially with respect to the axis ofthe plate and arranged to support the latter on their peripheries, a registering device operated .by one of said disks, and means for relieving the latter disk of the weight of the plate.

521. A calculating apparatus comprising, in combination, a series of independently-- movable indicators each provided Withunit graduations, a registering device, operating connections between the latter and the indicators, whereby the registering device is operated by the movement of each indicator and means for checking the total number of unit movements imparted to all of said in dicators.

A calculating apparatus comprising, in combination, a series of independently movable indicators graduated in multiples of units proportional to the areas of shoe parts differing only in length, a registering device, and means controllably related at alltimes to each of said indicators for opcrating the registering device when any one tor controllably related to all of the members butselectively controlled by the one moved farthest from its zero position.

'25. A calculating apparatus comprising a series of devices movable angularly about a common center and each provided with graduations for indicating angular movement qtheunit angles of movement of the several devices being proportional to the areas of the shoe parts of shoes differing only in length, and radially. adjustable means for automatically measuring the total angle resulting from the successive and cumulative rotation of the said devices a number of, unit angles represented by the corresponding respective numbers of shoe parts.

26. A calculating apparatus comprising a series of circular, concentrically mounted in dicators having peripheral unit graduations which subtend angles proportional in the respective indicators to the area of shoe parts of shoes differing only in length means for normallyholdingthe zero points s u l u of said indicators 1n alinement and for 1mparting to the indicator first rotated the rotations of all the indicators subsequently rotated, and means for measuring'the total angular displacement of the indicator moved farthest from zero position.

27. In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a series of circular, ,concentrically-mounted indicators having peripheral unit graduations on each, the proportions between the unit angles subtended at the center of the respective indicators by said graduations being those ,of the areas of the shoe parts of shoes difiering only in length, means for normally holding the zero points of said indicators on a' given radiarplane and for imparting to the indicator first rotated the rotations of all the 1ndicators subsequently rotated, whereby the said given radial plane and the radial plane passing through the zero point moved farthest will form an angle representing the summation of the unit angles through which the respectiveindicato'rs have been rotated,

and means for measuring the said total angle at a distance from the axis of the indicators, said measuring means being radially adjustable.

28. In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a series of superposed rotary indicators, one-for each length of shoe, having a common center and graduated into units, the units of the respective indicators having the proportions of the areas of similar shoe parts of shoes of different lengths, means" for detachably locking the topmost indicator in fixed position, and means for detachably locking each succeeding indicator to the one above it, whereby said indicators may be rotated respectively in accordance with the number of shoe parts of corresponding size.

29. In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a series of rotary indicators, one for each length of shoe, having a common center and varying in diameter, the radii of the said indicators being proportional to the areas of similar shoe parts of shoes of varying lengths, and the peripheries of said indicators being graduated into equal divisions, means for normally holding the zero point ofsaid indicators on a given radial plane, means whereby when any given indica tor is rotated the indicators following it will rotate with it, a shaft, a friction disk carried by said shaft and arranged to be rotated by the rotation of said indicators, registering mechanism operated by said shaft, and

means for varying the distance of the frictlon disk from the axis of the rotary 1ndicators.

" 30. In a calculating apparatus, the combination'of a shaft, a friction disk on said shaft, registering mechanism operated by said shaft, and means for mainta ning said shaft radial. with respect to a fixed center as the shaft is moved angularly and toward or distances from said center.

In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a shaft, a friction disk on said shaft, registering mechanism operated by said shaft, a scale extending transversely to said shaft and indicating radial distances from a fixed center, means for maintaining said shaft radial with respect to said center as it is moved radially and angularly with respect to the same, and means for transmit ting measured movements to said disk.

In acalculatm'g apparatus, the combination of a shaft,a friction disk on said for each length of shoe, said indicators bemg concentrically mounted and provided with peripheral unit graduations on each, and the proportions between the unit angles of the respective indicators being those of the areas of the shoe parts of shoes differing only in length, a plate concentrically arranged withrespect to and mounted beneath and supporting said indicators and extend-- ing at its edge beyond the peripheryof the lowermost indicator, a shaft, a friction disk on said shaft adapted to contact with and be rotated by said plate, registering mechanism operated by said shaft, and

means for varying the distance of said disk from the axis of the indicators.

In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a series of movable indicators, each. provided with graduations, the proportions between said graduations being those of the areas of the shoe parts of shoes differing only in length, means for nor:- mally holding the zero points of said indicators in line so constructed and arranged that when any given indicator is moved the indicators'following it will be caused to be moved with it, and the distance between the original zero line and the zero line of the indicator moved farthest will be the summation of the units of the respective indicators corresponding respectively to the number of shoe parts, which then may be multiplied by a constant to obtain the required area.

I In a calculating apparatus, the combination of a series of movable indicators, each provided with graduations, the propertions between said graduations being those of the areas of the shoe parts of shoes dilfering only in length, means for normally holding the zero points of said indicators in line, means whereby when any given indicator is moved the indicators following it will be caused to be moved with it, and the distance between the original zero line and the zero line of the indicator moved farthest will be;

' the summation of the units of the respective indicators corresponding respectively to the number of shoe parts, and meansfor auto- ,matically measurine: and multiplyingby a constant the said distance to obtain theftotal required area.

37. A calculating apparatus comprising a series of scales indicating permanently different units which are proportional respectively to the areas of difierent shoe parts,

means for totalizing a number of such units.

corresponding to the number of parts subjected to calculation, means for multiplying the total by a constant, and a plurality of means for varying said constant.

38. A calculating apparatus comprising'a series of scales 'indica'fing permanently different units which are proportional respectively to the areas of different shoe parts, and a rotatable device constructed and arranged to be moved from initial position a distance. dependent upon the number of shoe parts subjected to calculation andalso upon the corresponding units of said scales.

39. In a calculating apparatus, register operating means comprising a plurality of independently movable unit members, and a movable actuator controllably related to all 'of the unit members but selectively controlled in its movement by the member moved farthest from initial position.

l0. A calculating apparatus having, in combination, a plurality of indicators, and a single actuator controllably related to all of said indicators and movable simultaneously with one or more of said indicators, said indicators,being so connected to the actuator that a reverse movement of the actuator returns all the indicators to their initial positions.

4E1. A calculating apparatus having, in combination, a plurality of indicators,.and an actuator movable simultaneously with one or more of the indicators, said indice tors having normally a positive one-Way mo connection with the actuator arranged to. permit yieldingly relative movement in the other direction.

42. A. calculating apparatus having, in combination, a'plurality of circular indicators having diameters inversely proportional to shoe sizes and uniform peripheral graduations, and a registering device ar ranged to be advanced by each movement of an indicator.

423. A calculating machine having, in combination, an actuator arranged to be moved .cumulatively, a registering device associated therewith and movable radially relatively to a fixed center in'order that the indicated results may be varied, and a curved scale having a center at one side of said fixed center for showing the radial position of the registering device.

i l. A calculating machine having, in combination, an actuator, and a series of indicator disks disposed above the actuator and having progressively decreasing diam-.

eters and uniform peripheral graduations, said disks being so connected to the actuator as to determine angular movements thereof of varying amounts by equal peripheral movements.

45. A calculating apparatus; comprising,

in combination, means movable, to express mechanically the total of a number of measurements based upon units which are proportional respectively to the different parts subjected to calculation, means for multiplying said total by a constant, said means being adjustable to vary the constant, and a registering device constructed and arranged to indicate the final result.

In. testimony here 0L1 have signed my name to this specltication, 1n the presence of 10 two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL F. WV. C. KRIPPENDORF.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. DRUMMOND, MABEL PARTELOW.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 1,166,528, granted January 4,

1916, upon the application of Paul F. W. C. Krippendorf, of Lynn, Massachusetts,

for an improvement in Calculators, an error-appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 5, line 126, claim 9, for the word is read its; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the l'ratent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of July, A. D., 1916.

[snark] F. W. H. CLAY, I

Acting Commissioner of Patents; 

